"I was, for instance, the only kid in my Sunday school class who did not believe the Bible stories from day 1. I went on not believing them. The others all just accepted what they were told. I complained about it to my Mother and she said I didn't have to go to Sunday school anymore, and that was the end of that.

"I was one of the very few kids in my classes in a small New York country town who totally opposed the US presence in Vietnam from Day 1. Most people there supported it wholeheartedly.

"I was the first kid I knew who stopped believing in Santa Claus." Little Hawk

Sheesh, Little Hawk. That is a rash of statements that is much less than insightful. Methinks you take on more credit than is due.

1. As the child of militantly atheistic parents, what were you doing in Sunday School?
2. As the child of atheists, do you consider it strange or precociously bright of you that you should question the Bible stories?
3. As the child of atheists, I am not at all surprised that your parents opposed the Viet Nam war. Even if sometimes atheists don't 'get it right',imo, they, generally speaking, are not blindly following the herd.
4."Santa Claus"? See #3

SUMMATION: Chalk it up to your parents.